Background
Bierman, Howard Richard was born on January 27, 1915 in Newark.
Bierman, Howard Richard was born on January 27, 1915 in Newark.
Bachelor of Science in Medicine, Washington University St. Louis, 1939; Doctor of Medicine, Washington University St. Louis, 1939.
House officer, Barnes Hospital, 1938-1939;
resident and fellow in hematology, Barnes Hospital, 1939-1941;
principal clinical investigator, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1946-1953;
chief clinical section laboratory experimental oncology & medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1947-1953;
director hospital for tumors and allied diseases, City of Hope Medical Hospital, Duarte, California, 1953-1959;
department chairman medicine, City of Hope Medical Hospital, Durate, California, 1954-1959;
medical and scientific director, City of Hope Medical Hospital, Durate, California, 1955-1959;
director, Bierman Medical Group, Inc., since 1959;
scientific director, Institute for Cancer and Blood Research, Beverly Hills, California, since 1959. Senior attending physician Los Angeles County General Hospital, 1959-1968, senior attending physician emeritus, since 1968. Attending physician Cedars of Lebanon Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, 1959-1976, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles,1967-.
Attending physician, consultant Century City Hospital, Midway Hospital, since 1976. Consultant hematology-oncology White Memorial Hospital, since 1959. Visiting professor.Bangkok Sanitarium and Hospital, 1960, 63.
Commander United States Navy, 1941-1947, United States Naval Reserve, 1947-1965. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Physicians, American College Angiology. Member American Medical Association, American Society Internal Medicine, American Society Clinical Oncology, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Hematology, California Medical Association, Southern California Academy Clinical Oncology, Los Angeles County Medical Association, International Association Study Lung Cancer, International Union Cancer, International Society Preventive Oncology, International Society Experimental Hematology, Cell Kinetics Society, Alpha Omega Alpha (Missouri chapter).
Married Doris Simmons, May 16, 1946. Children: Barry, Tracey, Dana.